60 free serif fonts to give your designs a traditional touch

While sans serif fonts prevail for displaying text on computers and online, serif fonts are still the undisputed choice for printed work. Here are 60 free serif fonts you can try today.

You can easily recognize serif fonts since they have a small line attached to each letter at the end of the stroke. Serif actually makes letters more recognizable and distinct—and this makes the text easier to read.

To help achieve that much needed traditional touch to your design, I have compiled together some of the best free serif fonts.

11. Fénix

Fernando Díaz

Fénix byFernando Díaz andTipoType Foundry has very strong serifs and rough strokes which give it an extremely elegant look. Whether you use it for headings or paragraphs, it’s highly legible either way.

12. Akura Popo

13. Molesk

UpperType

Designed byPedro Lobo, Molesk is a slab serif font which, as you can see, takes inspiration from old typefaces. It has meticulously rendered shadows at the end of the letters that make for an amazing finishing touch.

48. Ponsi

49. Silver Fake

Alex Frukta

Silver fake has a contemporary design that has an old world look about it. That’s why this slab serif font, designed byAlex Frukta for Font Fabric, would look equally good in both modern and retro designs.